Lance Armstrong may lose fortune

2:13 AM,
Jul. 20, 2014

Lance Armstrong

Written by

Brent Schrotenboer
USA Today

Nearly two years after he was stripped of his seven titles in the Tour de France, Lance Armstrong suddenly faces an increased risk of losing something far more valuable - his personal fortune.

It all could hinge on what happens in the next few months, especially after an ominous message from a federal judge who recently ruled against him in U.S. District Court.

"This judge has laid it out in rather stark terms, with facts that are not pretty at all for Armstrong," said Tony Anikeeff, an attorney who has followed the federal government's ongoing fraud lawsuit against the disgraced cyclist. ...